It worries me that the SillyCon Valley tech press is *still* publishing articles about decentralised social media by people who don't have the first clue what the word "decentralised" means.

What BlueSky going down shows is that BlueSky is not decentralised. Even if the ATmosphere as a whole is getting there. But one TechCrunch writer's takeaway was;

"It turns out that decentralized social networks can go down, too."

#SarahPerez, 2025

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/24/wait-how-did-a-decentralized-service-like-bluesky-go-down/

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#SocialWeb #decentralization

"As it turns out, the current plan to tie Tumblr into the open social web will come about by way of the site’s planned move to the WordPress infrastructure.

Automattic confirmed to TechCrunch that when the migration is complete, every Tumblr user will be able to federate their blog via ActivityPub, just as every WordPress.com user can today."

#SarahPerez, 2025

https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/11/tumblr-to-join-the-fediverse-after-wordpress-migration-completes/

#ActivityPub #Tumblr

Tech business writers really struggle to understand that a free protocol doesn't usually come from one company, and even when it does, it's not theirs. If it's a genuinely free protocol, it's a commons.

"Nostr’s protocol powers apps like Damus, Nostur, Nos and others."

#SarahPerez, 2024

https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/21/the-vote-trump-spam-that-hit-bluesky-in-may-came-from-decentralized-rival-nostr/

This is like saying;

'ActivityPub's protocol powers Mastodon, Flipboard, Threads, and others'

Or;

'XMPP's protocol powers Snikket, Conversation, Jitsi Meet and others'

#TechPress

The Verge, uno dei più importanti siti di news tech al mondo, ha ora una presenza ufficiale e verificata su mastodon:

 @verge

qua il sito:
https://www.theverge.com/

Si aggiunge ad altre importanti testate tech come TechCrunch:

 @TechCrunch

fra cui segnaliamo Sarah Perez, una loro giornalista molto attiva nel descrivere i nuovi social:

 @Sarahp

#theverge #mastodon #techcrunch #SarahPerez

"WordPress.com sites now have an easier way to integrate with the Fediverse, including Mastodon. Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, Tumblr and other web publishing tools, is the new owner of the ActivityPub for WordPress plugin and has also recruited its developer to come work for the company, according to Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg."

#SarahPerez, 2023

https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/13/wordpress-com-owner-automattic-acquires-an-activitypub-plugin-so-blogs-can-join-the-fediverse/

#fediverse #WordPress #Automattic #MattMullenweg